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Friday, December 5, 2014

In the past year, the topic of food waste as been brought more clearly into my life. It started with helping to found the Slow Food Youth Network Sofia, working with the Bulgarian Food Bank and helping to organize a Disco Soup with Tristram Stuart of Feeding the 5000 with the Dafar Shaban. His passion for the issue of food waste helped to alter my priorities in regards to my food activism. I will always put a higher priority towards edible education and building gardens, but recently, I am trying to compost less fridge waste and be more creative in the kitchen.

Friday, June 6, 2014

This past March... I am a bit behind on my writing efforts... the Winebox Portfolio Tasting (WPT), which included an amazing collection of wines from around the world was held at the Radisson Blu in Sofia. The WPT was more than just an opportunity for wine enthusiast to sample over 130 different wines from 25 different wineries, throughout the day were an array of lectures and master classes from the novice level to the most experienced taster. I find myself somewhere in the middle, but after the Winebox event, I feel myself creeping ever so slowly towards the latter... ever so slowly.

Wednesday, June 4, 2014

8pm or Осем Вечерта is a unique space, it seems to be a coffee boutique that also doubles as an office for the 8pm PR team. It opened this past winter and is very conveniently located on Sheinovo Street, near to other hip spots, like LOMO and Local in the Doctors' Garden neighborhood.

Tuesday, April 22, 2014

I first joined Multi Kulti Kitchen in 2012. I found out about an event that they were organizing to showcase American cuisine and the traditional Thanksgiving experience. I had offered to make a New York-style cheesecake and cranberry sauce. The event was in February and the day of the event, we had a huge snow storm; I also happened to be 7 months pregnant and driving in a snow storm from Kyustendil to Sofia was not in the cards for me. The cheesecake however did not go to waste. The next time I went to Sofia, I met up with the founders of Multi Kulti Kitchen, Zvezda Vankova, Bistra Ivanova and Ivelina Metchkova and told them that I want to join. Our first coffee together in March 2012 on Vitosha Bulevard was the beginning of our partnership and all of the wonderful events and projects that have happen since then.

Friday, April 18, 2014

This was the second installment of the WiFo lecture series, it was comprised of a day filled with 12 inspirational, creative and mouth watering speakers, discussing my favorite topics wine and food. In partnership with Gourmet Publishing and ROI communication, they orgazinzed a delicious event, which helped to propel the topics of food and wine in Bulgaria to another level. Nearly 120 people gathered at the Sopharma Business Center last Saturday, April 12th to engage with other likeminded souls.

Wednesday, April 16, 2014

I have not written a post about our asparagus project till now, I am calling it a "project" because I look at this experience as practical training. For the last 5 years, I have been reading any book I can get my hands on about organic/sustainable farming practices and building soil health, which evidently are one in the same topic. It has become my passion to understand the microbiological relationships that happen in the ground and how these interactions result in healthier plants and ultimately healthier people.

Friday, March 28, 2014

I am not vegan, but I do tend to find myself drawn towards restaurants that focus on alternative diets. If you are vegan, you consume no animal products; no dairy, no gelatin… only nuts, fruits and vegetables, but it is more than a diet, it is a lifestyle choice. To some, it might seem extreme, but those that are vegan tend to be quite passionate about it. Veggic was an interesting surprise to find in Plovdiv, I am always eager to discover non conformist restaurants, regardless of the city